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Overview
" Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2007 by Choice!
Well organized, extensively referenced, and illustrated with figures/tables, this work represents a unique, multipurpose, interdisciplinary approach to elder care...Highly recommended.
--CHOICE
This book takes a closer look at vulnerability in five specific populations within the elderly: prisoners, homeless, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, those who are HIV positive or living with AIDS, and the frail.
Unique features include:
The latest research and theoretical approaches summarized to give health professionals a concise picture of health care needs Themes of interdisciplinary approach to care, cultural considerations, and neglect and abuse Strategies and resources for caring for older adults with dementia for each vulnerable population
Physical and psychosocial health care issues and needs are addressed as well as interventions and resources for these populations.
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Editorials
From The Critics
Reviewer: David O. Staats, MD(University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)Description: This is a multiauthored book on the healthcare needs of populations of vulnerable older adults. This grouping includes the frail; prisoners; the homeless; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT); and older persons with HIV/AIDS.
Purpose: Its purpose is to describe the healthcare needs and interventions necessary for the high-risk vulnerable groups described within the larger ambit of aging services. This book fulfills these objectives admirably.
Audience: Policy makers and healthcare workers in a wide variety of disciplines will find much useful information in this book. The authors all have considerable expertise in the areas they cover in the book.
Features: Each group of vulnerable older persons is treated with two chapters apiece — the first describing the healthcare needs and the second describing the interventions. These are surrounded by an introductory chapter and an epilogue. Grouping the frail, the homeless, prisoners, LGBT persons and elders with HIV/AIDS is a brilliant and audacious move. The common thread is that these tend to be marginalized groups, lost in the welter of activity around aging themes. Noting their commonalities and distinct needs is a really innovative aspect of this book.
Assessment: That this book was published slightly ahead of the New England Journal of Medicine writing about dialysis programs in prisons shows how ahead of the curve it is. This book is required reading for those wishing to understand the future of healthcare in the United States. It is not only the older boomers living in suburbia to which the future healthcare system must respond, but also to all of the groups discussed in this book. Pioneering, insightful, futuristic and a digestive of merit, this book deserves a wide readership.